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Depict High and Moderate Inland Waterfowl / Wading bird Habitats (IWWHs), which are defined as Significant Wildlife Habitats and protected under Maine's Natural Resources Protection Act. |
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Depict High and Moderate Inland Waterfowl / Wading bird Habitats (IWWHs), which are defined as Significant Wildlife Habitats and protected under Maine's Natural Resources Protection Act. |
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Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) Wildlife Resource Assessment Section, Habitat Group; MDIFW Wildlife Management Section, Regional staff; Heather L. Rustigian and William B. Krohn, University of Maine, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (for polygons mapped in unorganized townships) . |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This layer represents Inland Waterfowl / Wading bird Habitat (IWWH), a Significant Wildlife Habitat defined under Maine's Natural Resources Protection Act (NRPA; http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/docstand/nrpapage.htm). </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ORGANIZED TOWNS: Boundaries and ratings of all IWWHs in Maine's organized townships were updated in 2008. These updates were based on interpretation of high-resolution aerial imagery captured between 2001 and 2007. These polygons may be identified by the "Iwwh" prefix in the IWWH_ID value or by the date in the Notes field.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>FIELD ASSESSMENT OF LOW/MODERATE IWWHs: Wetlands that scored near the Moderate minimum rating threshhold are being assessed to confirm their boundaries and ratings. This ongoing effort is proceeding geographically through MDIFW's Regions. Updated polygons may be identified by the Notes field.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>MDIFW Region A (southern/western Maine): completed and published June 13, 2016. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>MDIFW Region B (western/mid-coast Maine): completed and published Dec 15, 2017. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>MDIFW Regions C (downeast), F (northeastern Maine): in progress. Updated polygons are published quarterly.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF UNORGANIZED TOWNS AND UPDATES IN ORGANIZED TOWNS: Boundaries and ratings of all pre-2008 polygons in Maine's unorganized townships are being updated. This effort is part of the field assessment process described above and is proceeding geographically by MDIFW Region. The updates focus on polygons with an IWWH_ID prefixed with "UMO" or "IFW", which indicates pre-2008 mapping. It also includes polygons with a score of 9 or 10 (near the minimum Moderate value threshhold) as described above. Updates are based on interpretation of recent, high-resolution aerial imagery and, when needed, a field assessment. These updates are published quarterly.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>These data are provided by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for determining inland waterfowl / wading bird habitats protected under the Natural Resources Protection Act (NRPA) and shoreland zoning. Only polygons with a high or moderate rating qualify under NRPA. Only polygons that qualify under NRPA and have a wetland size of at least 10 acres qualify under shoreland zoning. Users assume all responsiblity for using this data as intended and all liability for using this data other than as intended. This data is not intended to be used at scales below 1:6,000. To ensure that this data is the most current version available, download this data directly from the Maine Office of GIS or from an official, state of Maine webservice that accesses this data directly from the MEGIS data catalog. In the use of Maine GIS data, please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the correct copy of both data and metadata from the Maine GIS Data Catalog. The Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS) provides notice of updates and corrections directly to the Maine GIS Technical Group and Maine GIS Users, through the MEGISTECH and MEGISUSER list servers. To subscribe please contact MeGIS through the Maine Office of Information Technology (OIT) Customer Support Center (CSC) at (207) 624-7700. To request data correction in, or provide updates to Maine GIS data, please use the contact information contained in the metadata. Updates, corrections, and feedback, incorporated in the Maine GIS database are made in accordance with "Data Standards for Maine Geographic Information Systems", 2002, and coordinated by MEGIS in consultation with the Maine GIS Executive Council.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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